How to use Amex Platinum credits, booking safaris with points and more (Week in...
Some of my most vivid travel memories are from African safaris, primarily in South Africa. I'll never forget doing some work on the back porch of a lodge that I was staying at, taking...
Complete List of Transferable Points Partners
In my opinion, transferable points programs are the most valuable points to accumulate. These points can often be used at better than 1 cent per point value to book travel and, even better, points...
What are United MileagePlus miles worth?
At Frequent Miler, we keep a database of point valuations called "Reasonable Redemption Values." These are estimates of the "worth" of airline miles, hotel points, transferable points, and more. The idea is that we...
Guide to booking Preferred Hotels with points
Over the last few years I've written many posts about booking Preferred Hotels with points. That's great, but until now a reader had to go through many posts to get the full story. This...
Book luxury African safari camps with I Prefer points
Yesterday I stumbled upon a couple of very interesting Preferred Hotels in South Africa. They are all-inclusive Last Word properties with daily game drives. And while each usually costs over $1,200 per night if...
Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts Guide: Your FHR questions answered
Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts (FHR) is a "luxury" hotel booking program available to both business and consumer Platinum cardholders. When booking hotels through Amex FHR, cardholders enjoy a suite of valuable benefits and...
Going for Gold with American Airlines: Is it worth it?
The American Airlines elite year now runs from March 1st through the end of February. This means that as this post publishes, those chasing elite status with American Airlines have just over a week...
Seats.aero: a wonderfully nerdy tool for finding Unicorn flight awards
Seats.aero makes it easy to find close-in awards on long-haul flights. When I first learned about this tool I was immediately captivated by it. This is not a polished end-user tool like point.me or...
Roame award tool now searches Qatar Privilege Club
When Roame debuted it was amazing. While point.me was the first tool to offer user friendly flight award searches across many airline loyalty programs, Roame was the first to do it so that results...
Complete Guide to Credit Card Application Rules by Bank
Is there anything better than a credit card card welcome offer? You get approved, a shiny, new card arrives in the mail and then, after a proscribed amount of minimum spend, an untold points...
Last Chance Deals: Virgin Atlantic transfer bonus, Wyndham points sale, Turkish award sale &...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
It's a quieter week for expiring deals, but they're worth being...
Finding hidden wins, a great hotel award search tool, and more [Week in Review]
Almost 30 years ago, the Sunscreen Song taught to "accept certain inalienable truths", among them the fact that "prices will rise". That is unfortunately just what happened this week for some awards booked through Avianca Lifemiles....
Alaska Mileage Plan starting to sell mixed partner award flights (but mind the price)
For years, Alaska Mileage Plan members have had a major limitation when trying to book partner award flights: you could book itineraries that involved Alaska flights and segments from one partner, but not those...
The best programs for lap infant award tickets
Before your child is two years old, most airlines will allow you to bring the child as a lap infant. Fees to do so range from none at all to thousands of dollars depending...
